BIG STRIKES

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19903, 4 June 1936, Page 7

BIG STRIKES

POSITION IN FRANCE. SEIZURE OF FACTORIES. TOWNS AND COUNTRY AFFECTED. United Preu Mam—Elm. Tel. copyright» (Received June 4, 1.15 pm.) PARIS, June 3. The industrial upheaval, despite the peaceful manner in which it was conducted, seems to be getting out of hand, as the wave of unemployment submerges industry after industry, not only in Paris but. at Lille, Marseilles, Toulouse and ltouen, besides involving farm workers in the country distrials. The Left Wing politicians and Communists unanimously disclaim responsibility, though .\1..\1. Sarraut and Fros—sard are conferring with representatives of both sides. M. Salengro, the future Minister of the Interior, has warned the Communists that the factories must be evacuated and the strikes ended. Ile pledged the New Government. if the. workers display patience, to introduce remedial measures. Meanwhile, negotiations for a collective labour contract proceed slowly at. the Ministry of Labour. Three hundred and titty thousand dissatisfied workers have occupied 300 plants, including it) conducted by Brilish interests. “There is four of 11 general transport strike, \\‘hlie (ms and cool supplies are also threatened. At present. the heavy industries, including military conirm‘ts, a're principall_\' affected. .\ side issue is a strike of the drivers of “black mnrlas." necessitating police inspectors driving prison vans. Eleven thousand workers are idle at Lille. where the important motor~ car factories are idle. Fifteen hundred telephone factory hands reused work at Versailles.

The Paris correspondent 0! the Times expressed the opinion that now the worktrs perceive that strikes can be successfully operated without Interference, the movement will sweep Franco, and will not be checked uml.’ - farreaohlng revision of labour eondltlons is obtained.

CHAOS IN SPAIN. .\IANY INDUSTRIES AFFECTED. ENGINEERS AS HOSTAGES. United Press A!:n.——l=lec. Tel. Copyrtgnl {Received June I‘, 1.45 pm.) MADRID, June 3. Forty thousand workers in the guiiding trade and also grave-diggers have struck despite the fact that sutflcient, graves have been dug .l’or two days‘ requirements. The Barcelona railway strike has been settled, but the dustmen and pastrycooks have joined the workiess. Soldiers are- distributing iluur t 0 the bakeries, The tiourmiii workers have announced that deliveries will be permitted only to charitable institutions. A general strike has been declared 'at Santander owing to the. wounding ot' Lucianno Muiumbre, :1 Socialist editor. The assailant subsequently connnlttcd suicide. LONDON, May 3. The Madrid correspondent of the Times says that Spanish workers re—call that they were the vanguard in an anti-Fascist struggle. while Spaniards were seizing the factories before the Frenchmen adapted the idea. There—fore, they are determined not to be left behind. In the Penarroya mines, Anciuiusia. the strikers seized the engineers as hostages. The French Embassy‘s in—tervention resulted in their release, but the miners halved the output. The crews of the mercantile marine recently struck for better food. The servant girls at .\lnleta. Andalusia, have struck for a minimum wage of 255 a month, with a weekly holiday, ekelush'e of Sunday.